Night of the Living Dead (1968) – George A. Romero’s reinvention of the zombie genre – stranded in a farmhouse, a group of strangers must fight for survival…
Night of the Living Dead (1968) – George A. Romero’s reinvention of the zombie genre
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It’s well done, well acted, and surprisingly enjoyable.
Product Description
Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is back.
Cast of characters
- Duane Jones … Ben
- Judith O’Dea (They Came from the Ether) … Barbra
- Karl Hardman … Harry Cooper
- Marilyn Eastman … Helen Cooper
- Keith Wayne … Tom
- Judith Ridley … Judy
- Kyra Schon … Karen Cooper / Corpse in House
- Charles Craig … Newscaster / Zombie
- S. William Hinzman … Zombie (as Bill Heinzman)
- George Kosana … Sheriff McClelland
- Frank Doak … Scientist
- Bill Cardille … Field Reporter (as Bill ‘Chilly Billy’ Cardille)
- A.C. McDonald … Zombie / Posse Member
- Samuel R. Solito … Zombie / Posse Member
- Mark Ricci … Washington Scientist
- Lee Hartman … Zombie / News Reporter
